The Experiences of a Very Unimportant Officer. "The dugouts in this part of the line were infested with rats. They would frequently walk over one when asleep. I was much troubled by them coming and licking the brilliantine off my hair; for this reason, I had to give up using grease on my head. I never heard them biting anyone."

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Aquadots! Making Playtime more fun for everyone! Aqua Dots are a great new toy you may have seen advertised on TV! The self-adhesive brightly colored spheres allow children of all ages to contstruct any number of fun shapes, limited only by their imagination! Everyone's talking about Aquadots! more inside

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Jimmy Carter, Cat Killer - 'Lamentably, I killed your cat while trying just to sting it.' WTF more inside

The W.G.A.: "Why We Fight." The reason The Daily Show is suddenly in re-runs. more inside